tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343776643779566145.post8797025823207593949..comments2019-01-14T07:15:56.515-07:00Comments on Much More Precious Than Gold: Neon SignGraciehttps://plus.google.com/118353945759935591555noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343776643779566145.post-63085718148111641132015-06-04T14:35:02.947-06:002015-06-04T14:35:02.947-06:00Thank you!! Thank you!! Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07736424221463366337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343776643779566145.post-72784396526191729472015-06-02T13:58:16.271-06:002015-06-02T13:58:16.271-06:00Hi Rachel!! Yes, you and I are both pretty good ab...Hi Rachel!! Yes, you and I are both pretty good about letting our hearts be an open book for anyone who is able to stop by, and find it so fulfilling for some reason. I&#39;m glad you asked. <br /><br />What I KNOW helped me was 1. the unfailing support of my family. I just knew the love was going to have to run out at some point. I knew I had drained them. I won&#39;t say they weren&#39;t frustrated or at their wit&#39;s end not knowing what to do... but they kept on loving me, especially when I felt I had quit deserving it a long time ago. 2. Being forced back into life again. I spent one full summer curled up in bed nearly all day every day. When the next school semester came along, my parents wouldn&#39;t allow it anymore even if I wasn&#39;t better. Being around functioning people in the hustle and bustle of real life again helped me realize that the reality I had created for myself in my head was pretty sick. 3. Therapy. I told my story many, many times from many different angles, and one day, the logic that had become my reality fell apart. I was positive I was going to hell. And one day, it just hit me that it didn&#39;t all add up. See http://www.muchmorepreciousthangold.com/2014/09/lies-fed-to-depressed-mind.html <br /><br />I was on medication beginning two to three months in. I still don&#39;t know what part the medication played or if it did. I do remember feeling my mood lift and being super cynical, like oh wow, isn&#39;t it great, I&#39;m going to hell and I can feel good about it. I think it probably set the stage for me to feel well when I finally got it all figured out. <br /><br />I will say I went 4-5 years depression free. The challenges of being with yourself all day at home have caused it to creep up on me every now and then since I left the work world. Sometimes I don&#39;t realize til it&#39;s almost over that it is depression that has been making life more difficult than normal. I am still figuring it out, but I am in the middle of a book called Between Two Minds that is really really teaching me a lot. She is telling me exactly what goes on in my head and why. I am relating to so much of it. Brittney Colladohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07038934960845069155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343776643779566145.post-56400487310174371702015-06-02T13:21:59.978-06:002015-06-02T13:21:59.978-06:00Yep, I think the hardest part in dealing with anxi...Yep, I think the hardest part in dealing with anxiety is feeling like you&#39;re a freak, like you&#39;re the only one, and what the heck is wrong with you. If those cute girls only knew how many many other people deal with it, including probably three or four other girls there at camp with them, it wouldn&#39;t seem so scary. They are so lucky to have you!!! Do you take them snipe hunting? Do you braid their hair? Brittney Colladohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07038934960845069155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343776643779566145.post-17700207730018459512015-06-01T08:31:58.732-06:002015-06-01T08:31:58.732-06:00Love this post! Your temperament as a child sound...Love this post! Your temperament as a child sounds very similar to mine--you&#39;ve captured it very well in words here!<br /><br />I was wondering how your depression resolved? Did it just sort of dissipate and get better? When did you realize that it was better? Do you still struggle with it at all? What about the anxiety? I&#39;m sorry to ask such personal questions, and you certainly don&#39;t have to answer them, but you strike me as an open person, so I thought I would go ahead and ask: Did you do counseling for your depression/anxiety? What about medication? If you took medication, do you still? What are your best strategies for coping with depression and anxiety in daily life?<br /><br />I ask all of this because I am super interested in this topic. Depression runs in my family, and I&#39;ve had bouts of it as well, and I am just always interested in hearing about people&#39;s experiences &quot;getting better.&quot; If you&#39;ve blogged about these topics before, feel free to leave me links to go to. I will come back and check the reply to this comment. Thank you for writing!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07736424221463366337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343776643779566145.post-89330598359655348542015-05-30T00:52:19.101-06:002015-05-30T00:52:19.101-06:00The girls camp situation is such great insight for...The girls camp situation is such great insight for me to see... I have several young women who suffer from the same thing! I will have to take good notes and see if I can help them better this year:( sounds like I am going to need your neon signs!!! (What a clever way to share these thoughts, I love it!) thank you for sharing:)Jamienoreply@blogger.com